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Balsam Cap

Balsam Cap, seen from above at true elevation

Balsam Cap rises to 1,100 m in New York. Slide Mountain stands 1,266 m to the northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Friday Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

Balsam Cap is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York. The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. Balsam Cap is flanked to the north by Friday Mountain, and to the southwest by Rocky Mountain. The northeast and southeast slopes of Balsam Cap drain into Maltby Hollow Brook, thence into Bush Kill, the Ashokan Reservoir, Esopus Creek, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay. The southwest side of Balsam Cap drains into the headwaters of Rondout Creek, thence into the Hudson River. The northwest side of Balsam Cap drains into the East Branch of the Neversink River, the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay. Balsam Cap is within the Slide Mountain Wilderness of New York's Catskill State Park.

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Wikidata Q4852530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1099.72 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97709, -74.35742

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Cornell Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Otter Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Vernooy Kill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Metacahonts Falls: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lester S. Davis Park: 4.1 mi
  • Catskills Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
  • Grant Avery Park: 6.5 mi
  • Simpson Mini-Park: 7.7 mi
  • Parish Field: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 57
Cliffs: 42
Museums: 31
Beaches: 18
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 15
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 12
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 6.2 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 7.6 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 15.0 mi
  • Overturned 1938 Truck: 17.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 18.0 mi
Springs: 9
  • Table Mountain Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 5.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 5.1 mi
  • Piped Spring: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Balsam Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainNW 316°1,266 m2.1 mi
Doubletop MountainWNW 292°1,180 m9.4 mi
Doubletop Mountain - South PeakWNW 290°1,175 m9.2 mi
Cornell MountainN 2°1,174 m1.7 mi
Table MountainWSW 242°1,165.86 m2.8 mi
Peekamoose MountainSW 232°1,164.03 m2.7 mi
Wittenberg MountainNNE 14°1,152.75 m2.2 mi
Panther MountainNNW 341°1,135.08 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3319:10
June solstice05:2319:5520:37
September equinox06:4518:2018:57
December solstice07:2315:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415360656457463626
Precip in4.73.25.14.95.06.05.25.66.26.45.45.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Slide MTN, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357546546

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